Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2017
Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 26, 2017, 4:33 PM MDT for Teller County, Colorado. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 26, 2017, 4:33 PM MDT (22:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2017, 7:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 5:28 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 0.88 | 8 Nw Cripple Creek, CO | FELL OVER 30 MINUTES. |
| Jul 26, 5:59 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.13 | 8 Nw Cripple Creek, CO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 206 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 996 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
097 WGUS55 KPUB 262233 FFWPUB COC119-270130- /O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0031.170726T2233Z-170727T0130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Pueblo CO 433 PM MDT WED JUL 26 2017 The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... West central Teller County in central Colorado... * Until 730 PM MDT * At 432 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly. One to two inches of rain has likely fallen over this area between 330 pm and 430 pm. Heavy rain is still falling and the storm is not moving. * Flash flooding will remain over mainly rural areas of west central Teller County. LAT...LON 3890 10517 3879 10516 3877 10532 3890 10532 $$ Hodanish
5 follow-up statements
907 WGUS75 KPUB 262309 FFSPUB Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 509 PM MDT WED JUL 26 2017 COC119-270130- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0031.000000T0000Z-170727T0130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Teller CO- 509 PM MDT WED JUL 26 2017 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM MDT FOR WEST CENTRAL TELLER COUNTY... At 506 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Up to three inches of rain have already fallen. Potentially destructive flash flooding is likely occuring in this area! Over 3 inches or more of rain has likely fallen in this areas since 4 pm. Flash flooding will remain over mainly rural areas of west central Teller County. LAT...LON 3890 10517 3879 10516 3877 10532 3890 10532 $$ Hodanish
103 WGUS75 KPUB 262341 FFSPUB Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 541 PM MDT WED JUL 26 2017 COC119-270130- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0031.000000T0000Z-170727T0130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Teller CO- 541 PM MDT WED JUL 26 2017 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM MDT FOR WEST CENTRAL TELLER COUNTY... At 539 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing moderate rain across the warned area. 2.5 to 3.5 inches of rain has likely fallen across the warned area.. There is a high probability of flash flooding occurring at this time. Flash flooding will remain over mainly rural areas of west central Teller County. LAT...LON 3890 10517 3879 10516 3877 10532 3890 10532 $$ Hodanish
027 WGUS75 KPUB 270004 FFSPUB Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 604 PM MDT WED JUL 26 2017 COC119-270130- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0031.000000T0000Z-170727T0130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Teller CO- 604 PM MDT WED JUL 26 2017 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM MDT FOR WEST CENTRAL TELLER COUNTY... At 601 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated rain was still occurring across the warned area, and some moderate rain was still occurring along the Park/teller county border. Flash flooding is still likely occurring over parts of rural Teller county. Anyone traveling in rural west central Teller county should use extreme caution. Do not travel in areas where water covers the road! LAT...LON 3890 10517 3879 10516 3877 10532 3890 10532 $$ Hodanish
639 WGUS75 KPUB 270033 FFSPUB Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 633 PM MDT WED JUL 26 2017 COC119-270130- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0031.000000T0000Z-170727T0130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Teller CO- 633 PM MDT WED JUL 26 2017 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM MDT FOR WEST CENTRAL TELLER COUNTY... At 631 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated the rain over west central Teller county was decreasing. However, flash flooding is still likely occurring across the warned area. Use extreme caution if you are traveling in rural west central Teller county. LAT...LON 3890 10517 3879 10516 3877 10532 3890 10532 $$ Hodanish
510 WGUS75 KPUB 270122 FFSPUB Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 722 PM MDT WED JUL 26 2017 COC119-270132- /O.EXP.KPUB.FF.W.0031.000000T0000Z-170727T0130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Teller CO- 722 PM MDT WED JUL 26 2017 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL TELLER COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM MDT... Flood waters have receded. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures. LAT...LON 3890 10517 3879 10516 3877 10532 3890 10532 $$ Hodanish
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 6:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Saguache | 27 min |
| Jul 25, 6:24 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 6:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 26 min |
| Jul 25, 6:45 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Custer, Fremont, Saguache | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 7:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 41 min |
| Jul 26, 4:24 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Baca, Bent, Chaffee, Costilla, Crowley and 11 more | 23 hr |
| Jul 26, 3:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 30 min |
| Jul 26, 3:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 52 min |
| Jul 26, 3:37 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 3:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 40 min |
| Jul 26, 3:55 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 2 hr |
| Jul 26, 4:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Saguache | 35 min |
| Jul 26, 4:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 48 min |
| Jul 26, 4:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 23 min |
| Jul 26, 4:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 24 min |
| Jul 26, 4:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 50 min |
| Jul 26, 4:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 47 min |
| Jul 26, 4:49 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 116 min |
| Jul 26, 5:01 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 5:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 41 min |
| Jul 26, 5:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 41 min |
| Jul 26, 5:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 29 min |
| Jul 26, 5:39 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Custer, Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 5:50 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Las Animas | 115 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Colorado, 2017Every flash flood warning in 2017
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.